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The inevitable has happened. Narendra Modi government’s myopic policy on handling the interim government of Bangladesh headed by Dr. Muhammad Yunus has led this important neighbour of India into Chinese lap. The Xi Jinping-Yunus meeting held in Beijing on March 28 gave its final seal of approval to the economic strategy of Dhaka to replace India by China for the country’s economic reconstruction. Bangladesh has not just shut the doors but also the window to New Delhi in its economic arena. The consistent work in building India-Bangladesh economic relations to a greater heights by India in the last five decades both by the earlier Congress governments and the Narendra Modi government now lies tattered.

For all those who prefer order to chaos and method to madness, Donald Trump remains an unending enigma. His entire political career seems to thrive on a disruption strategy that is difficult to anticipate, yet somehow calculated in its unpredictability. In the economic arena, where conventional wisdom has long dictated stability and predictability as virtues, Trump’s penchant for upending global norms has left analysts baffled and many global leaders scrambling. Whether by design or accident, Trump’s actions have continually undermined the pillars of the global economic order, leaving chaos in his wake while promising Americans that this is, in fact, a new order designed to restore their power.

Indian workers’ dream of getting decent job in 2024-25 under the Employment Linked Incentive Scheme, which was part of the Prime Minister’s Package for Employment and Skilling has completely shattered, since the Centre failed to even launch the scheme. At the fag end of the financial year 2024-25, which would conclude on March 31, 2025, the Secretary of Union Ministry of Labour and Employment Sumita Dawra has said that the scheme is now ready and in its final stage of approval.

No matter what the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation may claim, the fact is India’s economy is falling apart. It is hit directly by incompetence and absence of a coherent strategy of the government.

The winds of uncertainty are sweeping through Europe as the continent grapples with the stark reality of a diminished U.S. commitment to its security. The handling of the Ukraine crisis by the Trump administration has rightly sent shockwaves through European capitals, unearthing a reality that policymakers have long feared but often failed to address head-on: the United States, under its current leadership, is no longer a reliable guarantor of European stability. This development has prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to propose a comprehensive five-point strategy aimed at bolstering the continent's defence capabilities - a kind of first step towards strategic autonomy. Yet, beyond military considerations, the fundamental challenge before Europe is how to redefine its role in an increasingly transactional world order.

The deliberations and discourses that took place at the three day Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), its highest decision-making body, provides an insight into the social and cultural scepticism that have come to afflict the organisation.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The rehabilitation of the Wayanad landslide disaster survivors got going at last, overcoming heavy odds and the stubborn refusal of the Union Government to contribute towards its fruition.

The Prime Minister's job is fun. Take a gander at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Studio Ghibli pics. They are everywhere. From Social Media platforms to webpages of sundry outlets. Strangely mesmerizing pics of Prime Minister Modi released by the Government of India in public interest! Solid taxpayer money invested in giving ordinary folks, the Great Unwashed, thrill amid all the turmoil.

Russian President’s pending visit to India has turned into a big diplomatic mystery as in the last five months since the Kazan summit on October 22 last year when Putin officially confirmed his visit to India in the presence of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi amidst full media and TV glare, the Russian side is only talking of the coming visit and the preparations made for it, but the Indian policy makers including external affairs minister Dr. S. Jaishankar have been talking in general terms about India-Russian relationship avoiding any direct mention of the timing of the visit.

Amidst world deepening into geopolitical tensions and increasing uncertainty in trade policies, India- China relation is inching towards a thaw. Both are now on drawing boards to mitigate the wide trade balances between the two countries and give a new look to Chinese investment in India. Currently, Chinese investment in India is restrictive and barred from automatic approval, owing to security concerns, despite China being the second biggest trade partner of India.